Jonathan Pryce
Known for Acting · 173 credits
- Born
- 1947-06-01 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as
- John Price
Biography
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes."
After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil". Critically lauded for his versatility, Pryce has participated in big-budget films such as "Evita", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The New World", as well as independent projects such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Carrington". His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in "Comedians", the second for his 1991 role as "The Engineer" in the musical "Miss Saigon".
Known For
Game of Thrones
2011
as High Sparrow
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Crown
2016
as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Great Performances
1971
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Winner / Performer / Self - Presenter
TV Shows (34)
Game of Thrones
2011
as High Sparrow
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Crown
2016
as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Great Performances
1971
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Self - Winner / Performer / Self - Presenter
Slow Horses
2022
as David Cartwright
3 Body Problem
2024
as Mike Evans
Screen Two
1985
as William Wallace / Duncan Stewart
Playhouse
1974
as Playleader
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Taboo
2017
as Stuart Strange
Under Salt Marsh
2026
as Solomon Bevan
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Nicholas
ChalkZone
2002
as The Quicksand Man (voice)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Himself
Wolf Hall
2015
as Cardinal Wolsey
Documentary Now!
2015
as Owen Teale-Griffith
Tales from the Loop
2020
as Russ
Doomwatch
1970
as Police Constable
The Storyteller
1988
as King
Cranford
2007
as Mr. Buxton
Bill Brand
1976
as Jamie Finn
The Story of Musicals
2012
as Self
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
1993
as John Wroe
Selling Hitler
1991
as Gerd Heidemann
Clone
2008
as Dr Victor Blenkinsop
Easter Tales
2000
as The Thief
Praying Mantis
1982
as Christian Magny
David
1997
as Saul
Davide
1997
as Saul
Mavis Eccleston
as Dennis Eccleston
Movies (139)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Governor Weatherby Swann
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Governor Weatherby Swann
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
as U.S. President
The Brothers Grimm
2005
as Delatombe
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
as U.S. President
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as Elliot Carver
Flavia
2026
as Dr. Kissing
Bedtime Stories
2008
as Marty Bronson
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
as Stephen
Ronin
1998
as Seamus O'Rourke
Brazil
1985
as Sam Lowry
William Tell
2025
as Attinghausen
The New World
2005
as King James
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Alistair Payne
Stigmata
1999
as Cardinal Daniel Houseman
Echelon Conspiracy
2009
as Mueller
The Salvation
2014
as Mayor Nathan Keane
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Rivière
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022
as Jacob Marley (voice)
The Two Popes
2019
as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
One Life
2023
as Martin Blake
Woman in Gold
2015
as Chief Justice Rehnquist
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
as James Lingk
The Penguin Lessons
2025
as Headmaster Buckle
Leatherheads
2008
as CC Frazier
All the Old Knives
2022
as Bill Compton
The Healer
2017
as Raymond Heacock
Evita
1996
as Juan Perón
David
1997
as Saul
Unconditional Love
2002
as Victor Fox
The Wife
2017
as Joe Castleman
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2018
as Don Quixote
Hysteria
2011
as Dr. Robert Dalrymple
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
as Mr. Dark
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Jack
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
as Henry Kravis
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Joseph Manasse
De-Lovely
2004
as Gabriel
Elden Ring
2028
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mr. John Dickens
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
Murder Is Easy
1982
as Mr. Ellsworthy
Shopping
1994
as Conway
Man on Fire
1987
as Michael
City State
2011
as Jimmy
To Provide All People
2018
as Retired Neurosurgeon
A Troll in Central Park
1994
as Alan (voice)
A Business Affair
1994
as Alec Bolton
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
as Robert Fallon
The Rachel Papers
1989
as Norman
Narcopolis
2015
as Sidorov
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
as Sherlock Holmes
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015
as Self
Save the Cinema
2022
as Mr. Morgan
Carrington
1995
as Lytton Strachey
Consuming Passions
1988
as Mr. Farris
Regeneration
1997
as Capt. William Rivers
World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
as High Sparrow
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as The Engineer (segment "Miss Saigon") (archive footage)
The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016
as Shylock
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
as Charles Abbot
Listen Up Philip
2014
as Ike
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
1999
as The Master
Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance
2016
as Special Finale Guest Star
Dough
2015
as Nat
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
as Self
Breaking Glass
1980
as Ken
Dark Blood
2012
as Harry Fletcher
Loophole
1981
as Taylor
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
2002
as Master Schoemacker
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
as James Penfield
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self / Elliot Carver
Victoria & Albert
2001
as King Leopold I of Belgium
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
2005
as Self
Under Milk Wood
2014
as Mr. Pugh
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
Very Annie Mary
2001
as Jack Pugh
Sluizer Speaks
2014
To Walk Invisible
2016
as Patrick Brontë
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
as Self
The White King
2016
as Colonel Fitz
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Professor Henry Higgins / The Engineer
Selling Hitler
1993
as Gerd Heidemann
What Is Brazil?
2008
as Self
The Ghost and the Whale
2014
as Whale
Deadly Advice
1994
as Dr. Ted Philips
Timon of Athens
1981
as Timon
King Lear
2012
as King Lear
Bristol
Taliesin Jones
2002
as Da
My Zinc Bed
2008
as Victor
Mad Dogs
2002
as Supreme Being
Becoming Cary Grant
2017
as Cary Grant (voice)
Brothers of the Head
2006
as Henry Couling
Praying Mantis
1982
as Christian Magny
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Trilby (voice)
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983
as Martin Luther
The Man from the Pru
1990
as William Wallace
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
2011
as Jonathan Pryce Jonathan Pryce Richard Wilhelm - English(voice)
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
as Self / Horatio Jackson
Deceit
2001
as Mark
The Moon and the Stars
2007
as James Clavel / Scarpia
Thicker Than Water
1993
as Sam
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
He Dreams of Giants
2019
as Self
Great Moments in Aviation
1994
as Duncan Stewart
Piney: The Lonesome Pine
2019
as Grandpa Sid
Keep Her Quiet
as Bernie Porter
The Heat Is On: The Making of Miss Saigon
1989
as Self - 'The Engineer'
Bride of the Wind
2001
as Gustav Mahler
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
The Day Christ Died
1980
as Herod
Gone Hollywood
2019
as Benny Landau
A New Madonna: The Making of 'Evita'
1996
as Self
Quest for the Giant Squid
2003
as Narrator
The Spirit of 1926
2022
as Narrator
The Caretaker
1981
as Mick
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003
as Narrator
About Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes." After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his long time partner, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's "Hamlet", led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough s… With 173 credits spanning from 1953 to 2028, Jonathan Pryce has appeared in 139 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jonathan Pryce Movies
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) — as Governor Weatherby Swann
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) — as Governor Weatherby Swann
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) — as Governor Weatherby Swann
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) — as U.S. President
- The Brothers Grimm (2005) — as Delatombe
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